Fall Sprinkle and Piping Cake

Steps involved

Make cake layers
Make buttercream (no color)
Split and color buttercream
Assemble and ice cake
Chill cake
Add sprinkles
Pipe designs

READ BEFORE CONTINUING: The following recipes are scaled to make the cake pictured above -- a 4 layer cake made with 6-inch round cake layers. If you wish to make a smaller cake, please scale down these recipes.

recipes used

1 vanilla cake recipe
1 - 1.5 batches Italian meringue buttercream
I made this buttercream vanilla flavored by adding 1 tablespoon of vanilla to my 1.5x batch (can add less or more to taste)

Colors used

To get these colors, I used Wilton's Color Right Food Coloring System.*

For the icing:

The colors may differ depending on how much icing you're coloring and the starting color of your buttercream (certain butter brands are more white or yellow which can make the buttercream whiter or more yellow). These are the amounts I used and should get you close.

I used roughly 2/3 of a cup of icing for each color:

Red Icing:

Red: 20 drops

Crimson: 20 drops

Black: 4 drops

Brown Icing:

Brown: 26 drops

Crimson: 8 drops

Orange: 8 drops

Black: 1 drop

Orange Icing:

Orange: 18 drops

Yellow: 12 drops

Red: 4 drops

Brown: 1 drop

Light Orange Icing:

Yellow: 8 drops

Orange: 3 drops

Brown: 1 drop

Supplies/tools

To find the tools I use for almost every cake I make and decorate (including pans, cake boards, icing smoothers, etc.), click here.

The supplies/tools below are specifically for decorating this cake, which I used in addition to the ones in the link above.*

*Some of these links may be affiliate. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I earn a small amount from some purchases, however, this does not affect my recommendations.

Decorating the cake

After the cake has been assembled and iced:

Refrigerate until icing is firm to the touch.
Over a sheet pan (or something to catch excess sprinkles) press handfuls of sprinkles onto half of the cake. Repeat until half of cake is covered.
Take 6 piping bags and attach a piping tip to each one and fill with the color of your choice. Below I've listed the tip(s) that I used for each color:
Wilton 2D - brown
Wilton 8B - red
Ateco 21 - red
Wilton 1M - orange
Ateco 30 - orange
Ateco 103 - light orange
Pipe designs, in alternating colors, over the remaining half of the cake (that is not covered with sprinkles). Refer to the video below to see how I piped the designs.
Slice and enjoy :)

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